Baddrol Bakhtiar
Baddrol Bakhtiar | |
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بددرول بن بختيار | |
Baddrol in 2024 | |
| Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Gurun | |
| Assumed office 12 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Johari Abdul (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 6,584 (2023) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baddrol bin Bakhtiar 1 February 1988 Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Political party | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
| Other political affiliations | Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Kedah U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2021 | Kedah Darul Aman | 235 | (80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Sabah | 42 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 277 | (95) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Malaysia U-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2018 | Malaysia U-23 | 31 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2021 | Malaysia | 64 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baddrol bin Bakhtiar (born 1 February 1988) is a Malaysian politician and former professional footballer who has served as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gurun since August 2023. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He is also a former member of the Malaysia U-20, Malaysia U-23 and Malaysia national team squads as well as a former player of Kedah Darul Aman FC. He ended his football career as the captain of the Sabah FC team.
Baddrol is usually employed in the right side of the midfield role, although he has often been deployed as a left-sided midfielder.
He spent most of his club career with Kedah Darul Aman (formerly known as Kedah FA) starting from 2006 until end of 2021, before signing for Sabah FC on 1 December 2021 as a free transfer.
He left Sabah FC and retired from football in 2023 before venturing into politics. During the 2023 Kedah state election, he was announced as the Perikatan Nasional candidate for the Gurun state constituency.